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pursuant

[per-soo-uhnt] / pərˈsu ənt /
ADJECTIVE
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"The referee in consultation with the Grand Slam supervisor may declare a default for either a single violation of this code or pursuant to the point penalty schedule."

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

We have a Supreme Court that not only has the power to say what the law is, pursuant to Chief Justice John Marshall and Marbury v.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025

In spite of this development, “the parties continue to negotiate the terms of a lease agreement at Project Matador pursuant to the letter of intent,” Fermi wrote in the filing.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Humphrey, stands for the idea that if “a prisoner seeks ‘damages for confinement imposed pursuant to legal process,’ a federal-court judgment would be incompatible with an undisturbed state-court conviction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Nearly all of the cases alleging racial profiling in drug-law enforcement were brought pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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